ERIC Number: EJ948528
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-2158-0979
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Cooperative Learning in Virtual Environments: The Jigsaw Method in Statistical Courses
Vargas-Vargas, Manuel; Mondejar-Jimenez, Jose; Santamaria, Maria-Letica Meseguer; Alfaro-Navarro, Jose-Luis; Fernandez-Aviles, Gema
Journal of International Education Research, v7 n5 p1-8 2011
This document sets out a novel teaching methodology as used in subjects with statistical content, traditionally regarded by students as "difficult". In a virtual learning environment, instructional techniques little used in mathematical courses were employed, such as the Jigsaw cooperative learning method, which had to be adapted to the peculiarities of the subject. The aim of this methodological project is to adapt the teaching of statistical courses to the new European Higher Education Area. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Computer Uses in Education, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology, Questionnaires, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes, College Mathematics
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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